Dutch cao sickness costs – The Polder News

In a plain Dutch office, a worried employer watches a payroll printer produce an absurdly long payslip that pulls office files, a sickbed, a roster board and other payroll burdens behind it.

In a plain Dutch office, a worried employer watches a payroll printer produce an absurdly long payslip that pulls office files, a sickbed, a roster board and other payroll burdens behind it.

Human Resources

The July Payroll Run Carries More Than a Wage Rise

Cao pressure now reaches wages, sickness costs, rosters and zzp.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

July 4, 2026

A factory planning scene with an older fitter, a manager, and an HR officer. The fitter approaches a finish ribbon, but HR is wheeling the ribbon farther away with a filing cabinet, while the roster behind them remains neatly arranged.

A factory planning scene with an older fitter, a manager, and an HR officer. The fitter approaches a finish ribbon, but HR is wheeling the ribbon farther away with a filing cabinet, while the roster behind them remains neatly arranged.

Human Resources

Senior Leave Rules Need to Catch Up With the AOW Clock

When pension age moves, payroll tools, rosters, and older workers feel the gap.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

June 28, 2026

An office floor is lifted by a clerk with a jack, crushing a career ladder and the employees standing on it toward the ceiling.

An office floor is lifted by a clerk with a jack, crushing a career ladder and the employees standing on it toward the ceiling.

Human Resources

Dutch Payroll Costs Are Outrunning the Wage Headline

Official wage costs are still rising, and small employers feel it first in rosters, prices,.

byLinda Pavan Geraedts

June 27, 2026